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Bulletin 9.Qxd Co-ordinator: Jean Paul Meyer – Editor: Mark Horton – Assistant Editors: Brent Manley & Brian Senior French Editor: Guy Dupont – Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis – Photographer: Ron Tacchi Issue No. 9 PDF version, courtesy of EBL Tuesday, 30 October 2001 Gold For USA II Seniors VUGRAPH MATCHES Venice Cup – Semi-final (Session 1) – 10.30 FRANCE v USA II Bermuda Bowl – Semi-final (Session 2) – 13.20 ITALY v NORWAY Bermuda Bowl – Semi-final (Session 3) – 16.10 POLAND v USA II Semi-final (Session 4) – 21.00 The Gold medal winners in the Seniors Bowl to be decided The first title of the Paris World Championships has gone to a team representing North America. USA II com- prising Grant Baze, Gene Freed, Garey Hayden, Contents Joseph Kivel, Chris Larsen & John Onstott took the crown by defeating Poland, who were represented by Bermuda Bowl Quarter-Finals . 2 Wit Klapper, Andrzej Milde, Jerzy Russyan, Stefan Venice Cup Quarter-Finals . 2 Szenberg, Wlodzimierz Wala & Andrzej Wilkosz, Seniors Bowl Quarter-Finals . 2 NPC Wlodzimierz Stobiecki. France took the bronze Welcome message from José Damiani . 3 medal by defeating USA I. Transnational Teams Results . 3 There were no surprises in the Bermuda Bowl and The Seniors were right . 4 Venice Cup as the teams enjoying an overnight lead all con- Polish Power Play . 5 solidated their advantages. That was especially true in the case of Italy, who outscored USA I 124-9 IMPs over the Venice Cup (England v The Netherlands) . 6 last two sets. La Fayette nous voilà! . 8 In the semifinals, Norway, Germany & France all The Labours of Hercules . 9 enjoy a significant carry over advantage. The French Team Open Société Générale Profile . 10 The early leaders of the Transnational Teams were Zim- Asking for Tens . 11 merman from France and Mansell from South Africa. Bermuda Bowl (USA I v Italy) . 12 As we go to press they were meeting each other in round Seniors Bowl (USA II v Poland) . 16 three. WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Paris, France Bermuda Bowl Quarter-finals Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Total 1 POLAND INDIA 0 - 1 33 - 18 61 - 12 53 - 21 64 - 10 21 - 30 47 - 13 279 -105 2 USA II FRANCE 15 - 0 41 - 36 41 - 35 48 - 47 38 - 13 58 - 28 35 - 19 276 -178 3 NORWAY INDONESIA 0 - 1.3 51 - 43 49 - 45 39 - 33 67 - 30 75 - 36 16 - 27 297 -215.3 4USA I ITALY 5 - 0 14 - 43 27 - 55 71 - 28 20 - 12 0 - 57 9 - 67 146 -262 Venice Cup Quarter-finals Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Total 5 FRANCE S. AFRICA 16 - 0 39 - 11 24 - 23 63 - 46 43 - 35 22 - 17 47 - 0 254 -132 6 ENGLAND USA II 16 - 0 27 - 41 33 - 22 38 - 63 27 - 60 32 - 54 38 - 25 211 -265 7USA I GERMANY 1 - 0 35 - 49 3 - 57 55 - 32 57 - 31 10 - 68 35 - 27 196 -264 8 CHINA AUSTRIA 0 -5.7 14 - 28 43 - 56 45 - 26 14 - 43 14 - 42 27 - 37 157 -237.7 Seniors Bowl Final Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Total 9 POLAND USA II 0 - 0 16 - 41 35 - 47 21 - 20 72 -108 Play-off Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Total 10 USA I FRANCE 0 - 7.3 29 - 53 32 - 45 61 -105.3 Bermuda Bowl Semi-finals Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Total 1 POLAND USA II 3 - 0 2 NORWAY ITALY 16 - 0 Venice Cup Semi-finals Carry-over Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Total 3 FRANCE USA II 15.5 - 0 4 GERMANY AUSTRIA 16 - 0 2 22nd October - 3rd November WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Welcome to the Transnational Teams Transnational Teams RESULTS AFTER 2 MATCHES from José Damiani, Team Country VPs 1 ZIMMERMAN . .FRA . .48 president of the WBF 2 MANSELL . .ZAF . .48 3 YANHUEI . .CHN . .46 4 MOERS J. .GLP . .43 5 RAND . .ISR . .42 My friends - so many friends. First of all, I am sorry if I was 6 MUZZIO . .ARG . .41 rather abrupt when I welcomed you to our Championships 7 KOWALSKI . .POL . .41 8 BRACHMAN . .USA . .39 last evening. I ask for your understanding - as a matter of fact 9 FREED G. .USA . .39 I am sure all of you understood that the move from Bali to 10 (ENERGOM) . .POL . .39 Paris was not so easy, and I have particularly asked for disci- 11 JAGNIEWSKI . .POL . .GER . .39 12 DURMUS U. .GBR . .NOR . .38 pline and co-operation from all the players, which we have re- 13 GRESH . .FRA . .38 ceived in full measure up to now, and am sure that we will 14 LEWACIAK . .POL . .37 continue to receive until the end of the Championships. 15 ZELIKOVSKI . .NTH . .ISR . .37 16 PIOTRONSKI . .POL . .37 One of the biggest difficulties we had to face was to find 17 KIRILENKO . .RUS . .37 18 HACKETT . .ENG . .USA . .37 a venue large enough for the playing area, and even though 19 KIRAN N. .IND . .37 we are delighted to welcome 74 teams, only 57 were regis- 20 HANNAH A. .LIB . .36 tered in advance, so you can imagine that it would have been 21 BLUMENTAL . .FRA . .36 22 BUREAU . .FRA . .36 much easier to find the right solution if we had known how 23 ERAN S. .ISR . .35 many of you would come.We will do our best under the cir- 24 NIMHAUSER . .FRA . .35 cumstances to ensure that you are comfortable and that you 25 BLACKSTOCK . .NZL . .35 26 REID . .NZL . .35 enjoy the Championships. 27 MARMION . .FRA . .34 28 CHANG M. .USA . .GBR . .34 But I want especially to thank you - to thank you so very 29 CRONIX . .AZS . .POL . .34 much for being here in Paris. Bridge has shown, in the midst 30 AUKEN J. .DEN . .32 of these tragic circumstances its solidarity, and our family is 31 LARA M. .POR . .GER . .32 32 BERGHEIMER . .FRA . .32 even stronger than it was. If we all shared the horror felt by 33 FRANCOLINI . .FRA . .31 the Americans on 11th September, and indeed, still feel 34 COURTNEY . .GBR . .31 American, if we will never forget the tragedy, nonetheless we 35 ISMIR . .FRA . .31 36 MOHTASHAMI . .FRA . .30 made the decision to show the world that we are able to 37 KOLPORTER . .POL . .30 react, that we are still standing and that we will continue to 38 GRINBERG . .ISR . .29 39 VENTIN J. .SPA . .28 fight for our ideals – one of them being Olympism and the 40 OTOVSI . .POL . .28 other our own belief in 'Bridge for Peace' 41 WOOLSEY . .USA . .27 42 HARPER . .GBR . .27 60 million bridge players in the world can represent a for- 43 VALK A.J. .NTH . .BEL . .27 midable lobbying group.As the most visible part of this group, 44 BAKER . .USA . .27 it is up to us to show the way. 45 KAPLAN L. .FRA . .27 46 CICHOCKI M. .POL . .27 We believe in the educational value of our sport where 47 STOBIECKI . .POL . .26 respect of the rules and ethics of the competition does not 48 MOZA . .FRA . .26 49 MARKOWICZ . .POL . .ISR . .26 preclude its conviviality and our wish for peace. Such are the 50 WOJCICKI . .POL . .26 values that we share throughout the world and that we wish 51 KHIOUPPENEN . .RUS . .26 52 POPLILOV . .ISR . .26 to defend all together. 53 PRIDAY T. .GBR . .26 So - it is good to see you - all of you. In the Bermuda Bowl 54 VILLABOAS . .BRA . .26 55 PRESCOTT . .AUS . .25 we were sad that the Pakistani players were obliged to with- 56 VOLDOIRE . .FRA . .24 draw, but here we can welcome the most famous Pakistani 57 MORIN . .FRA . .24 player of them all, Zia Mahmood, and add another country 58 GROMOV . .RUS . .24 59 DENNISON . .FRA . .22 to the many nationalities who compete here. 60 WILD AVSKY . .USA . .CAN . .22 The idea of Transnational events has already proved to be 61 MANOPPO . .IDN . .22 62 HAMEED T. .BAH . .22 a success as in the first two editions we have been happy to 63 GRIME P. .NOR . .21 get approximately the same number of teams, with many 64 CORSICA . .FRA . .21 65 ROTHFIELD . .AUS . .USA . .21 great Champions playing and, indeed, winning. 66 PARMADI . .IDN . .19 These championships are dedicated to the victims of ter- 67 BURAS K. .POL . .19 68 JUVENIA . .POL . .17 rorism, and also to you the players, because I assure you that 69 HENG A.K. .SIN . .17 you are our only concern, because we know you, and because 70 PORTAL . .FRA . .17 we love you. 71 ACHTERBERG . .SWI . .FRA . .15 72 KHVEN M. .RUS . .13 God bless our bridge family.The show goes on! 73 JELLOULI . .TUN . .12 74 YIU CHAN . .HGK . .7 3 WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Paris, France The Seniors were right by Christian Farwig hile some of the German ladies were waiting for the [– WMetro to take them away from the Stade de France last ]6 Saturday, members of a Seniors team approached them and stat- ed that the combination of beauty and wit as displayed by the {J 9 8 German ladies team is very dangerous. Unfortunately, no more }K 7 pleasantries were exchanged since the conversation was cut [ K J 8N [ 4 2 short by two of the husbands showing up. But being married to ]A ]Q 9 one of the ladies, I can confirm that they were right.
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